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The experience of emotion

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Barrett, Lisa Feldman, Mesquita, Batja, Ochsner, Kevin N., Gross, James J.·2007·Annual Review of Psychology

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Abstract Experiences of emotion are content-rich events that emerge at the level of psychological description, but must be causally constituted by neurobiological processes. This chapter outlines an emerging scientific agenda for understanding what these experiences feel like and how they arise. We review the available answers to what is felt (i.e., the content that makes up an experience of emotion) and how neurobiological processes instantiate these properties of experience. These answers are then integrated into a broad framework that describes, in psychological terms, how the experience of emotion emerges from more basic processes. We then discuss the role of such experiences in the economy of the mind and behavior.

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Authors
Barrett, L. F., Mesquita, B., Ochsner, K. N., & Gross, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Boston College (US)
  • Wake Forest University (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Published
2007-01-01
Volume
58
Issue
1
Pages
373-403
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
OpenAlex
W2129134806
Cited by
1,425
References
277
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0527440)
  • National Institutes of Health (R01 MH58147, MH58147)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 # MH58147, K02MH001981, R01 MH66957, R01MH058147, MH 58147, R01MH066957)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
emotions, subjective experience, emotional content, affective neuroscience, emergence of consciousness, mind-brain relationship, emotion and behavior
MeSH terms
Affect, Awareness, Brain, Brain Mapping, Concept Formation, Emotions, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Internal-External Control, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nerve Net, Social Behavior, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical, Imaging, Three-Dimensional

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